Next-Generation Sequencing of Haematococcus lacustris Reveals an Extremely Large 1.35-Megabase Chloroplast Genome | Zendy

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Next-Generation Sequencing of Haematococcus lacustris Reveals an Extremely Large 1.35-Megabase Chloroplast Genome

Author(s) -

Nicholas Bauman,

Srividya Akella,

Elizabeth Hann,

Robert Morey,

Ariel Schwartz,

Rob Brown,

Toby H. Richardson

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

genome announcements

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2169-8287

DOI - 10.1128/genomea.00181-18

Subject(s) - biology , chloroplast , astaxanthin , genome , strain (injury) , carotenoid , dna sequencing , whole genome sequencing , botany , gene , genetics , anatomy

Haematococcus lacustris is an industrially relevant microalga that is used for the production of the carotenoid astaxanthin. Here, we report the use of PacBio long-read sequencing to assemble the chloroplast genome of H. lacustris strain UTEX:2505. At 1.35 Mb, this is the largest assembled chloroplast of any plant or alga known to date.

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